HMT Bracklyn

History
Name	Bracklyn
Owner	The Brooklyn Fishing Company Ltd., Fleetwood
Port of registry	Fleetwood, England
Builder	J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen
Yard number	401[1]
Launched	22 April 1914
Completed	May 1914
In service	1914
Identification	FD2[1]
Fate	Requisitioned by Royal Navy as a minesweeper, December 1914
History
Royal Navy
Name	HMT Bracklyn
Operator	Royal Navy
Acquired	December 1914
In service	1914–1917
Identification	No.1978[1]
Fate	Sunk by mine off Great Yarmouth, 11 May 1917
General characteristics [1][2]
Tonnage	303 gross register tons (GRT) 122 net register tons (NRT)
Length	125.8 ft (38.3 m)
Beam	23.4 ft (7.1 m)
Height	13.2 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	T.3-cylinder by J. Abernethy and Co., Aberdeen
Crew	10 (1917)

Bracklyn was a British steam fishing trawler. Completed in 1914, it was almost immediately requisitioned as a minesweeper by the Royal Navy to take part in the First World War. It ran aground at Great Yarmouth in 1916, but was towed off and re-floated by a tug. In May 1917, the ship was mined by a U-boat and sank, killing the crew.

Bracklyn (Official Number 13688), a steel fishing trawler, was constructed in Aberdeen by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co. for The Brooklyn Fishing Company Ltd., Fleetwood.^[1][3] The trawler measured 303 gross register tons (GRT) and 122 net register tons (NRT) and featured a length of 125.8 ft (38.3 m), a beam of 23.4 ft (7.1 m), and a height of 13.2 ft (4.0 m).^[1] Bracklyn was launched on 22 April 1914 and was completed a month later in May, being registered by her owners in Fleetwood on 28 May 1914.^[1]

In December 1914, seven months after her registration, Bracklyn was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for service in the First World War, becoming a minesweeper.^[1] On 28 March 1916, the warship and four other civilian ships ran aground on Corton Beach, Great Yarmouth during a period of bad weather.^[1] When the weather cleared, Bracklyn was towed off the beach by the tug Lowestoft, assisted by the lifeboat Kentwell.^[1] The following year, on 11 May 1917, Bracklyn sank at 52°42′00″N 2°10′00″E / 52.7°N 2.166667°E / 52.7; 2.166667 after striking a mine laid by SM UC-1 three days earlier.^[1][2][4] The entire crew of ten were killed in action.^[1]